January new vehicle sales end in the red

01.02.2018

New vehicle sales continued its downward slope from December with the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (NAAMSA) recording a 8.9% sales drop in January from 50 386 units in 2017, to 45 888 this year.

Individual segment were also mixed with new passenger vehicle sales recording a hefty 11.6% drop from 36 908 to 32 642, while light commercial vehicles declined by 2.1% from 11 940 to 11 689. Sales of medium duty commercial vehicles meanwhile were down 6.1%, and those of heavy duty commercials up by 4.5%. After as series of declines, exports bounced back in January with a significant 22.0% upswing from 11 651 units to 14 212.

JANUARY TOP 10 MANUFACTURERS

MANUFACTURER	SALES	EXPORTS
Toyota	11 893	4 381
Volkswagen	7 070	3 947
Ford	4 869	912
Nissan	4 400	273
Hyundai	2 897	0
Renault	1 929	0
BMW	1 856	2 263
Mercedes-Benz	1 797	2 106
Kia	1 603	0
Isuzu	1 423	152

JANUARY TOP 50 BEST SELLERS

POS	MAKE	UNITS
1	Volkswagen Polo Vivo	2 862
2	Toyota Hilux	2 695
3	Ford Ranger	2 269
4	Toyota Corolla / Auris / Quest	2 196
5	Nissan NP200	1 585
6	Toyota Etios	1 519
7	Toyota Fortuner	1 318
8	Isuzu KB	1 200
9	Toyota Quantum	1 158
10	Hyundai Grand i10	1 134
11	Volkswagen Polo	1 027
12	Toyota RAV4	871
13	Volkswagen Golf	805
14	Kia Picanto	793
15	Toyota Avanza	680
16	Renault Kwid	664
17	Ford EcoSport	660
18	Ford Figo	619
19	Nissan NP300	597
20	Datsun Go / Go+	590
21	Renault Clio	559
22	Ford Fiesta	542
23	Kia Rio	469
24	Volkswagen Tiguan	438
25	Nissan Almera	404
26	Hyundai Tucson	400
27	Nissan Micra	395
28	Hyundai Creta	380
29	Mazda CX-5	377
30	Mazda CX-3	372
31	Suzuki Swift	363
32	Nissan X-Trail	353
33	Ford Everest	336
34	Renault Sandero	325
35	Hyundai i20	317
36	Hyundai Accent	283
37	Volkswagen up!	283
38	Mazda2	279
39	Toyota Land Cruiser	250
40	Mazda3	248
41	Volkswagen Jetta	240
42	Toyota Aygo	231
43	Mahindra Scorpio Pik-Up	218
44	Toyota C-HR	218
45	Volkswagen Amarok	203
46	Hyundai H100	201
47	Honda Ballade	200
48	Ford Focus	195
49	Toyota Prado	191
50	Renault Captur	190